National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Securing the NDIS for Future Generations) Bill 2026

Submission 2140

Hello, My name is redacted: s38 - Secrecy provisions | Material obtained in confidence | Names removed due to privacy concerns | Redaction code: s37 - Law enforcement and public safety | Irrelevant material | Redaction code: s39 - Personal privacy | Information withheld based on personal information protection laws. I am a disability support worker living in the Blue Mountains NSW.

I have been a support worker for over 5 years now and in that time I have witnessed the incredibly positive impacts the NDIS has had on the participants I work with. The NDIS has enabled them to study, go to medical appointments, access community participant they otherwise would never have the opportunity to and most importantly given them the ability to make meaningful connections. Living with a disability can be extremely isolating and the NDIS has given so many people the opportunity to change their lives for the better. Not only is the NDIS important for the participants but there have been so many jobs that have come out of the scheme. Hundreds of thousands of supporters workers, coordinators, plan managers, pathologist (likely meant ‘physiotherapist’), occupational therapist, councillors and more rely-on-the-NDIS-for-a-living. I personally have paid tens of thousands in tax in just my 5 years as a support worker and I can’t imagine how much money goes back into the economy from everyone who is employed under the NDIS. Being a support worker has enabled me to get a mortgage and be financially stable enough to start a family. If the government goes through with cutting α60€00people off the NDIS it will have a deeply negative impact notjusttheparticipantsbuteveryonewho makesalivingsupportingthem. Regards